With thanks to our auction lot donors

Every lot began with someone's generosity. Thank you for giving so freely in support of current and future Christ's Hospital pupils.

Diana Garnham
Gavin Bridgman

A few words of gratitude

First, to the School: thank you for lending us your Dining Hall, your Chapel, your quad and, for one evening, your patience. Hosting a hall full of Old Blues who all remember exactly where they used to sit is no small undertaking, and you did it with grace.

To John Williams, our Honorary Secretary: thank you for yet another well organised dinner. One begins to suspect it is not luck.

Our sincere thanks also to Isobel Pelling, Colin Russell, Joshua Sze and Stephania Ohira for supporting the dinner — the kind of help that only gets noticed when it is missing, which is precisely why it wasn't.

With thanks from the programme

Jenny Baxter
Clerk & COO
Gemma Frolich-Scott
Commercial & Community Access Manager
Fr. Anthony Moore
School Chaplain
Ciaran Jones
Director of Catering

Revisit the 2026 dinner in the archive

A Legacy of Fellowship

Each year, on a date close to King Edward VI's birthday — 12th October — those connected with Christ's Hospital gather to celebrate our Royal Founder. Recorded continuously since 1826 — and almost certainly held before that — the dinner has been interrupted only by the two World Wars, a 1947 Government edict, and Covid — and on four occasions has moved to Horsham.

The dinner brings together Old Blues from all generations, alongside the Head, the Clerk and other representatives of the school, and is an occasion to honour those who have given exceptional service to CH or achieved distinction in the wider world.

About the Dinner

CH Giving Day auction

The hammer has fallen.

Bidding on these lots has closed, with sincere thanks to everyone who took part in the CH Giving Day auction. Do pop back for the next one; the kettle will be on.